MOSCOW , Russia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Russian-led bloc of post-Soviet nations has agreed to establish a rapid-reaction military force to combat terrorists and respond to regional emergencies , Russian media reported Wednesday .

Russian navy soldiers stand guard during a military ceremony .

The decision came a day after reports that Kyrgyzstan is planning to close a strategically important U.S. military base that Washington uses to transport troops and supplies into Afghanistan .

On Wednesday , the Collective Security Treaty Organization -- made up of Russia , Armenia , Belarus , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Uzbekistan and Tajikistan -- decided on the rapid-reaction force at a Kremlin summit , the Russian news agency RIA-Novosti reported .

The group 's security council `` spent a long time discussing the central issue of forming collective reaction forces and , generally , of rapid reaction to possible threats , '' said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev , according to Russian news agency Interfax .

`` Everyone agreed that the formation of joint forces is necessary , '' he said .

Officials told Russian media that all the members had signed the agreement , though Uzbekistan submitted a special provision .

Uzbekistan does n't mind contributing military units to the rapid-reaction force `` but does not consider it necessary for the moment '' to attach emergency responders , drug-control forces and other special services , organization spokesman Vitaly Strugovets told Interfax .

Russian media reported that the force will be used to fight military aggressors , conduct anti-terror operations , battle regional drug trafficking and respond to natural disasters . The force will be based in Russia under a single command , with member nations contributing military units .

On Tuesday , Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev announced at a Moscow news conference that `` all due procedures '' were being initiated to close Manas Air Base , RIA-Novosti reported . The announcement was made after news reports of a multimillion-dollar aid package from Russia to Kyrgyzstan .

Gen. David Petraeus , who oversees U.S. operations in the Middle East and Central Asia , including Afghanistan , was in Kyrgyzstan last month , partly to lobby the government to allow the United States to keep using the base . He said he and Kyrgyz leaders did not discuss `` at all '' the possible closure of the base and said local officials told him there was `` no foundation '' for news reports about the issue .

The United States is planning to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan to halt a resurgence of the Taliban . Petraeus described Manas as having `` an important role in the deployment of these forces '' and in refueling aircraft .

The relationship between the United States and Kyrgyzstan was damaged when a Kyrgyz citizen was killed by a U.S. airman in December 2006 . The airman was transferred out of Kyrgyzstan , and the dead man 's family was offered compensation . Petraeus said in January that the investigation was being reopened .

As he announced the base closure Tuesday , Bakiyev said he was not satisfied with the inquiry into the accident and his government 's `` inability to provide security to its citizens '' was proving a serious concern . Medvedev also weighed in on the issue Wednesday , saying the base closure should n't hamper anti-terrorism operations , according to Interfax .

`` It would be great if their numbers meant there were fewer terrorists , but such action depends on other things as well , '' he said .

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Seven nations agree to form rapid-reaction force

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Russian media say force will fight terrorism , respond to disasters

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It will be based in Russia under a single command

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Report comes after Kyrgyzstan says it will close U.S. base